Praeambulum in F Major, WV 39
Allan Rasmussen
In Dulci Jubilo: Music for the Christmas Season by Buxtehude & Friends
When Paul Hillier, an inspiring, English-born choral conductor, moved to Denmark in 2003, he re-established his choir, Theatre of Voices, in his new country, and they’ve gone from strength to strength. This wonderful programme is themed around the Advent star and the great burst of light that Christmas brings to the year’s darkest months. The German-Danish composer Dietrich Buxtehude and some of his German contemporaries provide the fare for this delightful celebration of Christmas, late 17th-century style. Allan Rasmussen intersperses the choral numbers with solo organ pieces, making for an engrossing album of high-class music-making, superbly recorded in Copenhagen’s Garnisonskirken.
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Paul Hillier, Else Torp, Fredrik From, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Allan Rasmussen, Jesenka Balic Zunic
Merk auf, mein Herz, BWV Anh. 163 (Attrib. J.S. Bach)
Theatre of Voices, Allan Rasmussen, Jane Gower, Mattias Frostenson, Mark Chambers, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Steffen Bruun, Else Torp, Johan Linderoth, Paul Bentley-Angell, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Kristin Mulders, Paul Hillier, Kate Browton
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BuxWV 211
Allan Rasmussen
Fürchtet euch nicht, BuxWV 30
Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Fredrik From, Else Torp, Allan Rasmussen, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Jane Gower, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Paul Hillier
Pastores Dicite Quidnam Vidistis
Johan Linderoth, Steffen Bruun, Allan Rasmussen, Kate Browton, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Mattias Frostenson, Paul Bentley-Angell, Paul Hillier, Fredrik From
Fuga in G Minor
Allan Rasmussen
Das neugeborne Kindelein, BuxWV 13
Fredrik From, Mattias Frostenson, Kanerva Juutilainen, Paul Bentley-Angell, Jane Gower, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Paul Hillier, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Else Torp, Allan Rasmussen, Mark Chambers
Ein kleines Kindelein
Mattias Frostenson, Kate Browton, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Allan Rasmussen, Kanerva Juutilainen, Paul Hillier, Fredrik From
In Dulci Jubilo, BuxWV 52
Jesenka Balic Zunic, Allan Rasmussen, Fredrik From, Else Torp, Mark Chambers, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Paul Hillier, Jakob Bloch Jespersen
Praeambulum in D Minor, WV 35
Allan Rasmussen
Jesu Dulcis Memoria, BuxWV 57
Paul Bentley-Angell, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Mattias Frostenson, Fredrik From, Jane Gower, Mark Chambers, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Allan Rasmussen, Paul Hillier, Jakob Bloch Jespersen
Rex Virtutum
Mattias Frostenson, Fredrik From, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Allan Rasmussen, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Paul Hillier, Jane Gower
Sweelinck: Cantiones Sacrae, RISM S7252
No. 3, Ab Oriente Venerunt Magi, SwWV 153
Else Torp, Mark Chambers, Allan Rasmussen, Kate Browton, Paul Bentley-Angell, Paul Hillier, Jakob Bloch Jespersen
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223
Allan Rasmussen